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Did you know......that though almost 80 percent of Greenland’s land mass is covered by

an ice cap and glaciers, the ice-free area has some truly amazing rivers

and offers some of the world’s most prolific fly fishing for arctic char?

For the past eight seasons we have been exploring the best rivers and

worked with Greenland’s Tourism and Business Council on how to run

a sustainable sport fishing operation in a fragile environment.

After having fulfilled the wildest fly fishing dreams of hundreds of

Scandinavians and continously improving our fishing program we are

now ready to open our camps for an international audience.

Come fly fish Greenland with us. The coolest fly fishing there is.

Greenland is a great place......to go fly fishing – but only in summer! The arctic char starts running

the rivers in late June so our fishing season opens in early July. It’s a

rather short season, from early July til late August. Come September

and the fish starts to prepare for spawning and is better left alone.

There is no other fish than the arctic char running the rivers in

Greenland. Though you will find the species in most bigger rivers in

Greenland, those rivers that offers great fly fishing for bigger chars of

2-5 kilos (5-11 lbs) or more are pretty few and far between. As with other

salmonoids we do some times see a tendency that the biggest fish enter

the rivers as some of the first but we catch a pretty even number of big

fish in every week throughout the season.

Clear water and big fishThere are hundreds of rivers in Greenland. Most of then are not really

worth fishing. They are either too small, too colored from glacial water,

the fish are too small or too few...or all of those put together.

Through years of research we have found the few rivers that, in our

opinion, are the ones worth traveling for. They are clear water rivers

that makes fly fishing for the chars much more fun – and they are far

enough from civilization that the average size has not been netted

down to a few pounds during generations but is still of a size that will

heat up your drag system ad put serious a bend in our fly rod.

Skating foam flies......on the surface is by far our favorite method. The chars can be really

aggressive and will often follow the fly and hit it several times before

being hooked.

Pound for pound the Greenland chars fight harder than any other sal-

monoids we have encountered so we always tie our flies on heavy wire

hooks and use strong tippets. This is no place for four weight rods and

light tippets!

Go the extra mileIf you want to taste the full potential of the rivers we are fishing you

need to be able to walk. A lot. There are no jet boats on the rivers, no

buses, taxis or ATV along the river and no helicopter to take you to the

upper river. Most of the way you have to walk.

We do have boats on the bigger lakes to save you some long walks along

those but if you want us to show you all the great places we can fish you

should be able to walk for an hour or more on some days. The terrain is

pretty easy so it’s not exactly demanding hiking but we still want you

to know in advance. We will help you catch the fish but you still have to

carry your own weight.

The campsAt one of our camps there is a small hut to rest in and for eating dinner,

plus a primitive toilet shack. At the other camp we are not allowed to

set up a fixed camp, so we have a tent to stay in and for eating dinner

together. At both camps guests sleep in their own tent.

At both camps the river runs through lakes, where we have a boat

anchored. The boat is used for group transport to the upper river.

For logistic and legal reasons we have to run simpler camp setups than

you would find in other wilderness camps. We still have a chef in camp

and try to make it is comfortable as possible for our guests but expect

the fishing to be far better than the comfort of our camps.

The tools

The itinerary

We only fish floating lines and single handed rods. A six weight rod

would be our first choice a powerful five weight – or a light seven

weight – will work equally well.

When we’re not skating foam flies we are swinging streamers or fishing

small nymphs.

It is usually necessary to arrive in Copenhagen,

Denmark the night before departure.

Day 1 Departure from Copenhagen to Kangerlussuaq, Greenland.

Domestic flight to Sisimiut. Hotel accommodation, afternoon

sightseeing.

Day 2 Boat transfer to the camp. Fishing in the afternoon and/or

evening.

Day 3-8 Six full days (and nights!) of fishing.

Day 9 Boat transfer back to Sisimiut. Hotel accommodation,

farewell dinner.

Day 10 Morning flight back to Copenhagen via Kangerlussuaq.

Arrival on the same day.

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